HttpWebResponse.GetResponseHeader Method
Gets the contents of a header that was returned with the response.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Parameters
- headerName
- Type: System.String
The header value to return.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ObjectDisposedException | The current instance has been disposed. |
This example creates a Web request and queries for a response. If the site requires authentication, this example will respond with a challenge string. This string is extracted using GetResponseHeader.
public static void GetPage(String url) { try { Uri ourUri = new Uri(url); // Creates an HttpWebRequest for the specified URL. HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(ourUri); HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse(); Console.WriteLine("\nThe server did not issue any challenge. Please try again with a protected resource URL."); // Releases the resources of the response. myHttpWebResponse.Close(); } catch(WebException e) { HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)e.Response; if (response != null) { if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized) { string challenge = null; challenge= response.GetResponseHeader("WWW-Authenticate"); if (challenge != null) Console.WriteLine("\nThe following challenge was raised by the server:{0}",challenge); } else Console.WriteLine("\nThe following WebException was raised : {0}",e.Message); } else Console.WriteLine("\nResponse Received from server was null"); } catch(Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("\nThe following Exception was raised : {0}",e.Message); } } }
void GetPage(String* url) {
try {
Uri* ourUri = new Uri(url);
// Creates an HttpWebRequest for the specified URL.
HttpWebRequest* myHttpWebRequest =
dynamic_cast<HttpWebRequest*>(WebRequest::Create(ourUri));
HttpWebResponse* myHttpWebResponse =
dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse*>(myHttpWebRequest->GetResponse());
Console::WriteLine(S"\nThe server did not issue any challenge. Please try again with a protected resource URL.");
// Releases the resources of the response.
myHttpWebResponse->Close();
} catch (WebException* e) {
HttpWebResponse* response = dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse*>(e->Response);
if (response != 0) {
if (response->StatusCode == HttpStatusCode::Unauthorized) {
String* challenge = 0;
challenge= response->GetResponseHeader(S"WWW-Authenticate");
if (challenge != 0)
Console::WriteLine(S"\nThe following challenge was raised by the server: {0}",
challenge);
} else
Console::WriteLine(S"\nThe following WebException was raised : {0}",
e->Message);
} else
Console::WriteLine(S"\nResponse Received from server was 0");
} catch (Exception* e) {
Console::WriteLine(S"\nThe following Exception was raised : {0}",
e->Message);
}
}
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.